Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-03-12
LETTERS rHM THE CAPITOL.
+. PAUr; MIMI Marchs 1887

0V. IA14L, MINI. MdTCh 1851
The agony is over so farsAs the passage Of
bills = concerned. Under the constitution
no bills could be passed aftar midnight to-
night but as usual tho sLegislature strained
the contribution q trlfie and the Senate re-
mained in session until after one and the
House until nearly three O'Clock in the
morning. When the Senate adjourned it
had everything cleared up The House had
resolved to abandon attempting to pass any
more House bills after Ii O'Clock but it was
nearly midnight when they actually stopped
the passage OF House bills aud began the
House would. have been glad to have
continued on their own bills longer but as
they must all go TO the Senate after passing
the House and the Senate was not in the
temper to sit through the night to make up
Tor the d1latorlness of the lower branch,
there was no use OF. giving that body any
more work. The House could, OF course,
pass bills that had gone through the Senate
after the Senate had adjourned consequently
that was che order Of exercises. The exact
number of bills lost this evening can not be
and four hundred. Among. the bills lost dur
ing the day in the Senate was the graded
high license bill offered by Senator Scheffer
and the bill amending the charter OF st. Paul
forbidding the issuing oflicenses under the
new city license ordinance, offered by SEN
.
the House eexpunging the impeachment
records in the case Of e. st. Julian Cox
also failed in the Senate The judiciary
committee amended them in such way as
to make them worthless and the friends of
MI. Cox voted them down. It looked at
sto be lost making serious trouble if not the
necessity. Of call Of an extra session but by
a little judiciOus management, they were
punched together and worked through SO
that all absolute necessary legislation was
secured and there is no public demand for
an extra session. A good many private
interests lundoub tedly suffer by the loss Of
specific woodchucks but the individuals
viii. be obliged to 'sgrin and bear it''a until
next next time. Late this evening the bill
land grant to- the Duluth st. Cloud q
Mankato road was passed, notwithstanding
there was the usual constitutional argument
that the Legislature were making q new:
grant by such action. It passed the Senate
some sGn Ad Gays ag9 end had seventy votes in
entire day in the passage of bills, the roll
call, OF course, occupying the greater
portion OF the time. u There was a
bill which provoked debate OCCASION
ally, such as this land grant bill
just mentioned but for the most part it was
the roll thatoccupied the time There was
much hustle and confusion in the House
owing to the scramble of members and
Lobbyists to save bills when it was inevita-
BILE that SO many must fail for lack of time.
Numerous efforts were made during the
day to bring bills up out of their order but
the moment such an attempt was made the
cry q object" came up from ali quarters
and the House refused to suspend the rules.
Everyone had some 3 wood-chuck some
where and consequently scarcely any one
was willing to open the doors for change
of program lest his woodchuck should
perish and some other one be secured ow-
ing to change Of order business.